China-Vietnam Strengthen Strategic Cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Vietnamese President Tô Lâm during Lam's state visit to China, his first foreign trip since being elected. The leaders emphasized advancing high-quality comprehensive strategic cooperation and accelerating the building of a higher-level China-Vietnam community with a shared future. Key areas of cooperation include aligning development strategies, prioritizing infrastructure connectivity, and strengthening collaboration in emerging fields like artificial intelligence and semiconductors. China also expressed willingness to import more high-quality Vietnamese products. Both nations committed to upholding multilateralism and safeguarding the global free trade system. The visit also included the signing of numerous cooperation documents across various sectors, including inter-party exchanges, public security, economy, and science and technology. Tô Lâm also visited China===Xiong an and will travel to China===Guangxi to learn from China's development experience, particularly in high-speed rail technology.